How to Play

Robinhood Darts allows several additional gameplay options to the standard game of darts.

A "Robinhood" is when you throw a dart into the dartboard and then throw another dart into the back of the first dart.

1) Accuracy Practice - Improve your dart skills by getting robinhoods.

2) Scoring - Each Robinhood can be scored in the following ways:

The same number of points as the dart it is stuck into.
A fixed number of points such as 20, 50, 100, etc.
Double the score of the dart it is stuck into.
A point for each robin hood.

In an alternate gameplay mode when a dart is thrown into the target section of a dart already in the dart board then that dart in the board is removed from play for the remainder of the game.

Other variants of the game can include players alternating turns or dart throws as described below:

Each player throws 3 darts and then removes them from the board

The first way to play is a take on the normal gameplay of darts where each player throws their darts and then picks them up at the end of their turn. The first dart thrown into the board scores the number of points on that section of the board as normal. If the second dart sticks into the first dart then the second dart can be worth the same number of points or double the number of points of the first dart. It can also be it's own point value such as 50 anytime a dart goes into the back of another dart. Likewise if the third dart is thrown into the back of the second dart which is in the back of the first dart that could be worth triple the score of the first dart, or 150 points, or the same points as the first dart.

Each player throws 3 darts and leaves them for the next player

In this mode of play, the first player will throw their 3 darts into the board, getting the score based on the normal dart scoring pattern. The second player will get points by throwing their dart into the board, or by throwing their dart in the back of the other player's dart. If that happens, the first player can lose their dart for the rest of the match, lose their points for that dart, or the second player would get the score of that previous dart.

In an alternate, simpler game, the second player is the only one who can score and only by sticking a dart in the back of their opponent's dart. That would be worth a point.

Knockout

In an attrition/killer/knockout game, when the second player gets their dart in the opponent's dart, the player loses that dart for the rest of the game until one player has no darts left.

Each player throws one dart, each person alternating shots until all darts thrown

In this mode of gameplay, players alternate their shots, the same rules as above can apply when a dart is robin hooded however the gameplay is slower.

How to play knockout

Player 1 throws their 3 robinhood darts.
Player 2 throws regular or robinhood darts and tries to get them in the back of player 1's darts.
For each dart they hit, player 1 loses a dart for the remainder of the game.
Player 2 then throws their robinhood darts and player 1 tries to knock them out.
Play continues until 1 player has no remaining darts.

How to play knockout 2

Player 1 throws 1 robinhood dart.
Player 2 throws 1 robinhood dart.
If player 2 hits player 1's dart then that dart is removed from the board and player 2 gets their dart back or they can leave it in to see if player 1 can hit it.
If player 1 hits player 2's dart that is in player 1's dart then they don't lose their dart, or both players lose a dart.
The next round player 2 throws first.
Play continues until someone has no remaining darts.

Target Darts

First player throws the target dart and then normal darts are thrown afterwards.

In this gameplay, there are target darts thrown before regular darts. The target dart or darts are thrown into the board and then the players try to throw a normal dart into the target section of the target darts. They can do this for the score of the target dart in the dartboard scoring area or for single points for each target dart hit.